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Who Dey Revolution Manifesto

Preamble

IN THIS TIME of perpetual Cincinnati Bengals incompetence and futility, with zero playoff wins in the nineteen seasons since the WhoDeyRevolution Godfather, Paul Brown, passed away in 1991 and handed the team to his fortunate son, the Despot, Mike Brown;

Introduction

WE, the members of the Who Dey Revolution, in our fervent dedication to the Cincinnati Bengals and fanatical desire to transform our hometown team into perpetual Super Bowl contenders, call for a popular revolution of fans to demand comprehensive reform to the managerial decisions and approach of Cincinnati Bengals ownership, management, staff and players, and hereby call for the adoption of the following Who Dey Revolution Manifesto:

Manifesto Demands

THAT the Mike Brown, Katie Blackburn, Marvin Lewis, along with every other member of the Bengals management, staff and personnel, state publicly to all Bengals fans, “I will do everything in my power to help the Cincinnati Bengals win a Super Bowl;”

THAT Mike Brown will hire a general manager, drastically expand the scouting department and relinquish all control of player personnel;

THAT all training, rehabilitation and medical facilities are considered best-in-class compared to other NFL teams;

THAT the management fill the team only with players who fit the system, both mentally and physically, and are not reluctant to makes changes to player personnel when needed, regardless of cost or loyalty concerns;

THAT offensive and defensive line depth is considered the top priority for all player personnel decisions;

THAT all decisions made by ownership, management, staff and players, both on and off the field, are judged only by this criterion: “Does this help the Cincinnati Bengals win a Super Bowl?”

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October 08, 2011

Hobspin has a great new article up on the buzz around a special team’s unit that currently ranks 15th in DVOA. Granted, Mike Nugent has nailed all ten of his field goal attempts all season, and after the joys last year of watching a guy named Clint Stitser spasm his way to two missed PAT’s and the whole unit work its way to the 28th rank in DVOA, this season appears a revelation. However, there are two problems with Hobspin’s point. One, as I’ll continue to proclaim to the day I die of multiple cleat-wounds to the chest, kicking accuracy is not consistent year-to-year and thus not an actual skill. Nugent, like all kickers with high field-goal percentages, will regress sooner than later. Second, Brandon Tate, he of the average kickoff and punt return numbers, really doesn’t seem like that explosive a returner. All he does on punt returns is make a bunch of fancy moves that make Bengals fans gasp with anticipation before realizing that he’s been taken down for a single-digit gain, and also that they’re still wasting their time watching Mikey Boy’s footballers. Hobspin’s implication that Tate will soon become a great returner because he’s an explosive player (which somehow hasn’t led to any results in 2+ NFL seasons) and is being coached by the immortal Darrin Simmons (whose credentials are lazily awed at by Hobspin because of the Bengals ’05 and ’09 playoff berths, during which his unit ranked 14th and 21st, respectively) really doesn’t make any sense. Special teams won’t be a struggle this season like last year—it just won’t be especially strong.

Football Outsiders has some interesting data in a recent column, distinguishing early-season offensive sack numbers by whether they were given up long after the snap (3 seconds or more) or shortly after (2.5 seconds or less). So far, the Bengals have conceded the sixth-most “long snaps”. The Bengals' just below-average adjusted sack rate for this season, based on this, is a testament to the offensive line (mostly Andrew Whitworth’s elite play and the others’ non-Levi Jones-ness) and also the skill players like Jermaine Gresham and the backs who have stayed in to pass block. Many sacks have been due to Andy Dalton holding on to the ball and not porous blocking, showing that Dalton still has much developing to do (shocking) and that the Bengals offense might benefit from opening things up a bit. Right now, the Bengals receivers are having trouble getting open quickly, facing double-teams (especially AJ Green) without tight ends and backs to consistently take the attention away from them; this problem can be reduced by leaving less men in to block, which the o-line, especially with the return of Bobbie Williams, might be able to handle.

The game against the Jaguars, like most of them at this point, serves as a barometer for where the Bengals are. Jacksonville has played like one of the worst teams in the league, with a decent defense but perhaps the worst offense in the NFL. For the Bengals to prove that they’ve made progress, that they actually aren’t a bottom-dwelling team, they need to not just win the game, but do so in a more convincing fashion than against Cleveland or Buffalo. As long as the Bengals can stop Maurice Jones-Drew and Dalton limits his mistakes, they should be fine; if the defense can’t stop the run even when facing a rookie quarterback and Dalton can’t avoid stupid plays even when the opposing offense can’t do anything, then it’ll be yet another close game. And yes, I do realize that the Jaguars are actually favored tomorrow, but I'm not sure how many people in Las Vegas watched Blaine Gabbert last week.

Just a quick reminder, even though most people probably don’t need it: if the Bengals win tomorrow, getting above .500 and within half-a-game of first (because yeah, that’s a possibility), don’t go to any games this season. You want to watch Andy Dalton and AJ Green and Jermaine Gresham on good teams, playing in important and well-publicized games? Force change; force good ‘ole Mikey Boy to care about limiting our dissatisfaction with his mom-and-pop organization. This is the only way we can one day reveal we’re Bengals fans without making a self-deprecating joke!

October 07, 2011

Who do the bengals play this weekend I really have no idea I have totally checked out. Oh the jags I totally don't know how I missed that.

Carlos Dunlap is my favorite defensive player to watch since Tovar and somebody we can only hope MB lucks into locking up for a little while longer than his rookie contact. Dunlap gets consistent pressure and is somebody o-lines have to scheme for already. He looks like the type of d-line anchor you want to build around. The guy the bengals never have who makes everybody else around them better while still being able to get his own. I know people thought Geathers was this after his double digit sack season that we have never seen again but Dunlap just seem more consistent already if that makes any sense.

I still expect 2-3 after this weekend. I've just watched to many times where we've always always always let flukey rookie qb's beat us through the years. I guess we'll see if this defense is any different. Either way the fighting who dey's lost to Alex Smith two week ago so nothing would surpise me at this point.

September 15, 2009

Some time last week, Jaguars owner J. Wayne Weaver (or someone in his name) took the time out to write a letter to a random Jaguars fan who had posted on the team's official message boards. The letter was fairly brief and to the point. It would have taken about 15 minutes to write. Still, the message was clear. We understand our failures are unacceptable. Our fans are the most important thing to us. We're working hard to give you at special feeling of being the fan of a winner again.

Here is the full text of the letter:

Dear Kevin83,

Your post this week on the Jaguars
message board brought back a lot of great memories. Like you, I recall
the excitement of that day in November, 1993 when the Jaguars were born
and all the wonderful fans who turned out to celebrate this victory for
Jacksonville.

I also recall thinking at that time about
all the young people in our community and how rewarding it was going to
be to watch them grow up as Jaguars fans. So many of my friends and
acquaintances tell me about what ardent fans their sons and daughters
have become.

Last week, I met with one of them. He was 14
years old and came with his father to see me. He had worked at odd jobs
all summer and had saved his money, and he wanted to use that money to
buy his own season ticket to the Jaguars games.

I know
that we are faced with hard economic times, but your post and those who
commented on it, as well as fans like my new 14-year old friend, show
that we are on the right track. I believe that the young generation of
Jaguars fans is intent on joining the ranks of our loyal fan base and
making Jacksonville and the Jaguars proud.

I am going to
reprint your post below so that all of our Jaguars fans who may have
missed it on the message board get a chance to enjoy it. Thank you for
your support, and enjoy the upcoming season.

Sincerely

J. Wayne WeaverJaguars Owner

That's it. Nothing over the top or too involved. Just 260 words. But they mean a lot. Keep in mind, Weaver owns a team that is facing a probable blackout of every home game this season.

Why has Mike Brown never done anything like this? Last year, when he talked to the media twice in the same year, it was met with almost comical anticipation. "What will he say? How will he say it? Who will he say it to?" When he simply showed up at a press conference talking about The Banks, it made the evening news. This guy is the most important man in the franchise, the ultimate decision maker, the Redeemer of so many lost souls, and he appears in public about as much as Punxsutawney Phil.